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noun
Any of various grasses of the genus Cenchrus, growing in sand and having burs for fruit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a grass of the genus Cenchrus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bur grass
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: grass
Narrower terms: buffel grass, Cenchrus ciliaris, Pennisetum cenchroides
History
From bur + grass.
